P A R T 1

UNIT 1

1. Listen to the dialogue. Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below.

Industrial – north – from – there are – like – big – fantastic – exactly – summer – good – name’s – south – hello – smog – beautiful

Sue: Hi, my ___________ Sue. What’s your name?

Luca: __________ My name’s Luca.

Sue: Where are you ______, Luca?

Luca: I’m from Italy.

Sue: Where _________ in Italy?

Luca: From Milan, in the __________ of Italy.

Sue: I’m from Exeter. It’s quite a big town in Devon in the _________ of England. What’s Milan ________?

Luca: Oh, it’s both ______________ and industrial. There’s often ___________ in winter and it’s hot and humid in ___________ but I like it. It’s an exciting place because there’s always something to do or see. What’s Exeter like?

Sue: It’s both agricultural and ________________ but there isn’t any smog. It’s also a university town and there’s a __________________ cathedral as well as a ________________ shopping center. _________________ always a lot of tourists whom come to see it, especially in summer.

Luca: It seems a _________ place to visit.

Sue: It is!

2. Answer the questions:

1. Where’s Milan? - ___________________________________

2. Where’s Exeter? - ___________________________________

3. What’s Milan like? - _________________________________

4. What’s the weather like in Milan in summer? - ____________

5. What’s Exeter like? - _________________________________

6. Is there any smog in Exeter? -___________________________

7. Why are there a lot of tourists in Exeter? -_________________

8. When are there more tourists? -_________________________

3. Listen to the policeman asking witnesses of the crime. Fill in the gaps with the information and then transcribe persons’ surnames.

witness	address	telephone
1.George_____________ 2.Angela_____________ 3.Mr and Mrs William __________ 4.Patrick __________ 5.Mark __________	____Mount Avenue, Glasgow ____Bristol_______, Bath ____Regent Lane, ____ ____Piccadilly Street, Manchester ____Grant Road, Newport	_____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________

4. Listen to the speaker. Choose the word you’ve heard and transcribe it.

1. a) nice	b) life	c) knife
2. a) deficient	b)efficient	c) ancient
3. a) sheep	b) ship	c) sheet
4. a) class	b) classes	c) glasses
5. a) engineers	b) engineer	c) engines
6. a) friend	b) fiends	c) friends
7. a) our	b) hour	c) your
8. a) policeman	b) policemen	c) polite man
9. a) books	b) book	c) looks
10. a) men	b) woman	c) women
11. a) apple	b) apples	c) appall
12. a) ears	b) years	c) yours

5. Listen to the dialogue. Insert “a”, “an”, “this”, “these”, “that”, “those”. Get ready with the phonetic reading of the dialogue.

Graham: I’m bored because I’ve got nothing to read. Can you lend me ______magazine, please? ________ long train journeys are terrible.

Amy: I don’t agree. I like looking out of the window at the countryside. Look at ________ ponies! Aren’t they beautiful? And look, there’s _____ castle.

Graham: It isn’t ___ castle, it’s __ church.

Amy: By the way, is ____ magazine okay? If you don’t like _____ one, I’ve got ___ detective novel you can read. It’s about ____ artist who ….

Graham: Don’t tell me! I don’t like people to tell me how ____ book ends.

Amy: Oh! What’s _____ ?

Graham: Where?

Amy: Behind ______ big house on the left. ________ bright pink building.

Graham: It’s ______ discotheque or something like ________.

Amy: It’s very funny!

Graham: Yes. Umm. Perhaps ___ train journeys aren’t so bad. There are a lot of interesting things to see.